1. Assessment Literacy: State and National Definitions and Resources
Sue Brookhart
CCSSO NCSA, June
Philadelphia, PA

2. Michigan Assessment Consortium and National Task Force on Assessment Education for Teachers
MAC An assessment literate individual is one who understands how student assessment can enable them to better carry out their role in education, believes that assessment can improve teaching and learning, and puts into place activities and behaviors to act on these beliefs.
NTF One becomes assessment literate by mastering basic principles of sound assessment practice, coming to believe strongly in their consistent, high-quality application in order to meet the diverse needs of all students, and acting assertively based on those values.

3. Michigan Assessment Consortium and National Task Force on Assessment Education for Teachers
MAC An assessment literate individual is one who understands how student assessment can enable them to better carry out their role in education, believes that assessment can improve teaching and learning, and puts into place activities and behaviors to act on these beliefs.
NTF One becomes assessment literate by mastering basic principles of sound assessment practice, coming to believe strongly in their consistent, high-quality application in order to meet the diverse needs of all students, and acting assertively based on those values.

4. Michigan Assessment Consortium and National Task Force on Assessment Education for Teachers
MAC An assessment literate individual is one who understands how student assessment can enable them to better carry out their role in education, believes that assessment can improve teaching and learning, and puts into place activities and behaviors to act on these beliefs.
NTF One becomes assessment literate by mastering basic principles of sound assessment practice, coming to believe strongly in their consistent, high-quality application in order to meet the diverse needs of all students, and acting assertively based on those values.

5. Michigan Assessment Consortium and National Task Force on Assessment Education for Teachers
MAC An assessment literate individual is one who understands how student assessment can enable them to better carry out their role in education, believes that assessment can improve teaching and learning, and puts into place activities and behaviors to act on these beliefs.
NTF One becomes assessment literate by mastering basic principles of sound assessment practice, coming to believe strongly in their consistent, high-quality application in order to meet the diverse needs of all students, and acting assertively based on those values.

6. Michigan Assessment Consortium and National Task Force on Assessment Education for Teachers
MAC An assessment literate individual is one who understands how student assessment can enable them to better carry out their role in education, believes that assessment can improve teaching and learning, and puts into place activities and behaviors to act on these beliefs.
NTF One becomes assessment literate by mastering basic principles of sound assessment practice, coming to believe strongly in their consistent, high-quality application in order to meet the diverse needs of all students, and acting assertively based on those values.

7. Brookhart 2011

8. A New Path for Oregon 2015
Assessment literacy is the ability to understand the assessment process in order to best meet the needs of students. It is also the method of gathering accurate and unbiased information about student learning and using the assessment cycle and its results effectively to improve student learning and success.

9. Definitions Have a Lot in Common
Don’t get too hung up on the wordsmithing!
All these definitions have plenty of important things to say about what assessment literate people need to KNOW and DO

10. Next Generation of Assessment Literacy Work
Increased attention to beliefs

11. Next Generation of Assessment Literacy Work
Deeper content knowledge

12. Next Generation of Assessment Literacy Work
Increased opportunities and resources for developing AL
Our handout is great, but it’s not enough
Books
Journal articles
Videos
Websites
Modules are great, but they will not get people to “mastery”
Teacher and administrator pre-service education/preparation/certification
Teacher and administrator in-service professional development
Lots of practice on the job
Lots of feedback on the practice

13. Next Generation of Assessment Literacy Work
Increase in the number of people taking advantage of those opportunities, and improvement in their reasons for doing so

14. Next Generation of Assessment Literacy Work
Policies that value and support assessment literacy
Including but not limited to
Sound state-wide student assessment policies and balanced student assessment systems
State and district teacher assessment policies that model sound assessment practice
District and school assessment climates that focus on describing learning and prescribing next steps for learning — for both students and educators — as opposed to focusing on scoring and judging
District and school grading policies that focus on describing learning at a point in time and recognize/support the formative assessment practices that lead there

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